n. 25B6; adjective
the last woman in the queue : REARMOST, hindmost, endmost, at the end, at the back, furthest (back), final, ultimate.
Rembrandt spent his last years in Amsterdam : CLOSING, concluding, final, ending, end, terminal; later, latter.
I'd be the last person to say anything against him : LEAST LIKELY, most unlikely, most improbable; least suitable, most unsuitable, most inappropriate, least appropriate.
we met last year : PREVIOUS, preceding; prior, former.
this was his last chance : FINAL, only remaining.
first, early, next.
25B6; adverb the candidate coming last is eliminated : AT THE END, at/in the rear.
25B6; noun the most important business was left to the last : END, ending, finish, close, conclusion, finale, termination.
beginning.
25A0; at last FINALLY, in the end, eventually, ultimately, at long last, after a long time, in (the fullness of) time.
25A0; the last word
that's my last word : FINAL DECISION, definitive statement, conclusive comment.
she was determined to have the last word : CONCLUDING REMARK, final say, closing statement.
the last word in luxury and efficiency : THE BEST, the peak, the acme, the epitome, the latest; the pinnacle, the apex, the apogee, the ultimate, the height, the zenith, the nonpareil, the crème de la crème; archaic the nonsuch.